dig
Example Sentences
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Economist John Maynard Keynes suggested that the government pay people to dig holes in the ground and then fill them up.
The Lakers are digging into their bench while injuries pile up.
From Los Angeles Times
So the rest of the world doesn’t need to suddenly spend 20 years digging new mines, it just needs to build refiners.
From MarketWatch
However, it was later in the dig that the team were finally able to establish a more definitive date for when exactly the skatepark had closed.
From BBC
Besides Tesla, the multi-billionaire's business interests also include the social media platform X, the rocket firm SpaceX and the Boring Company, which digs tunnels.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.